Updated README

Author: qubitstream

README.md

@@ -3,31 +3,36 @@
 
 ## What is it?
 
-A Python 3 script to __automate the download of SQL backups via a [phpMyAdmin](https://www.phpmyadmin.net/) web interface__.
+A Python 3 script to __automate the download of SQL backups via a 
+[phpMyAdmin](https://www.phpmyadmin.net/) web interface__.
 
-This is useful when your web hosting provider does not grant you access the the console (for `mysqldump`) but you want to automate the backup of your database (without having to manually use the browser).
+This is useful when your web hosting provider does not grant you access to a console (for `mysqldump`) but
+you want to automate the backup of your database (without having to manually use the browser).
 
-It has been tested with Python 3.4+ on Linux and Windows and phpMyAdmin 4.3.6, 4.5.4.1 and 4.7.0-dev
+It has been tested with Python 3.4+ on Linux and Windows and the following versions of phpMyAdmin:
+`4.3.x - 4.8.x, 5.0.0` 
 
-_Note_: The web interface of phpMyAdmin may change in the future and break this script. Please file a bug report (including your version of phpMyAdmin) if you encounter this issue.
+_Note_: The web interface of phpMyAdmin may change in the future and break this script. Please file a bug report
+(including your version of phpMyAdmin) if you encounter this issue.
 
 ## Usage
 
     usage: phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py [-h] [-o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY] [-p]
-                                    [-e EXCLUDE_DBS]
+                                    [-e EXCLUDE_DBS] [-s SERVER_NAME]
                                     [--compression {none,zip,gzip}]
                                     [--basename BASENAME] [--timeout TIMEOUT]
                                     [--overwrite-existing]
                                     [--prefix-format PREFIX_FORMAT] [--dry-run]
+                                    [--http-auth HTTP_AUTH]
                                     URL USERNAME PASSWORD
-
+    
     Automates the download of SQL dump backups via a phpMyAdmin web interface.
-
+    
     positional arguments:
       URL                   phpMyAdmin login page url
       USERNAME              phpMyAdmin login username
       PASSWORD              phpMyAdmin login password
-
+    
     optional arguments:
       -h, --help            show this help message and exit
       -o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, --output-directory OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
@@ -39,7 +44,8 @@ _Note_: The web interface of phpMyAdmin may change in the future and break this
                             comma-separated list of database names to exclude from
                             the dump
       -s SERVER_NAME, --server-name SERVER_NAME
-                            mysql server hostname to supply if enabled as field on login page
+                            mysql server hostname to supply if enabled as field on
+                            login page
       --compression {none,zip,gzip}
                             compression method for the output file - must be
                             supported by the server (default: none)
@@ -56,10 +62,11 @@ _Note_: The web interface of phpMyAdmin may change in the future and break this
                             format. Must be used with --prepend-date to be in
                             effect
       --dry-run             dry run, do not actually download any file
-      --http-auth           Basic http authentication, using format
+      --http-auth HTTP_AUTH
+                            Basic HTTP authentication, using format
                             "username:password"
-
-    Written by Christoph Haunschmidt, version: 2016-03-12.3
+    
+    Written by Christoph Haunschmidt et al., version: 2019-05-07.1
 
 ### Examples
 
@@ -71,12 +78,17 @@ Downloads a plain text `.sql` backup of all databases to the current working dir
 
     phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py "http://www.example.com/phpmyadmin/" your_user your_password --exclude-dbs mydb2,mydb4 --prepend-date --basename example_dump --output-directory /tmp --compression zip
 
-Downloads a zipped dump with databases `mydb2` & `mydb4` excluded, the base name `example_dump` and a prepended UTC date / time to the directory `/tmp`, e.g. `/tmp/2016-03-11--15-19-04-UTC_example_dump.zip`.
+Downloads a zipped dump with databases `mydb2` & `mydb4` excluded, the base name `example_dump` and a prepended
+UTC date / time to the directory `/tmp`, e.g. `/tmp/2016-03-11--15-19-04-UTC_example_dump.zip`.
 
 ## Requirements
 
  - A [Python 3.4+](https://www.python.org/) installation on your system
- - [Grab - python web-scraping framework](http://grablib.org/): Install via `pip install -U Grab` or see the [installation instructions](http://docs.grablib.org/en/latest/usage/installation.html) if you run into problems.
+ - [Grab - python web-scraping framework](http://grablib.org/): Install via `pip install -U Grab` or see 
+   the [installation instructions](http://docs.grablib.org/en/latest/usage/installation.html) if you run into problems.
+
+__Note for Windows users__: while it is possible to install the requirements natively, it is often easier to use the
+[Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10) if you are using Windows 10
 
 ## Changelog
 
@@ -86,6 +98,11 @@ Currently, there is no changelog; the best option at the moment is to read the c
 
 [GNU GPL3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html)
 
-## Author
+## Contributors
 
-- Christoph Haunschmidt
+ - Christoph Haunschmidt (original author)
+ - Jason Harper (optional mysql server hostname)
+ - Jonas Bengtsson (older frame-based phpMyAdmin support)
+ - Benoît Courtine (HTTP Auth)
+ 
+